Tavernacle reminds me of TailQuest Defense. TQ's early levels were fun, but the enjoyment decreased as the later levels forced the two parts of the game to interact with each other, where the camera angle and running around the map didn't fit well with tower defense. Tavernacle looks like it might be just the bad part of TQ without the fun part, hopefully it will play better, or have a way to switch to a pure from-above tower defense mode.

The splitscreen mode does look better than TQ's splitting-and-recombining screen.

I hope Airship: Kingdoms Adrift is like Stratosphere: Conquest of the Skies.

HumanitZ looks interesting. Although I don't really like games with overhead perspective (with camera from above). I wonder why we don't have Microsoft's State of Decay: YOSE on GOG? It's a game that with all its problems is wonderful (in my opinion).

Gee, that's not how you spell Moon Mystery, Mariachi Legends, Dwarf Delve, Dark Deity 2 or Echoes of the Plum Grove. =P They'll probably pop up eventually. Freedom Games sure is a prolific indie publisher.

By the way, Asterogues, Sugar Shack, HumanitZ, Tavernacle!, and Airship: Kingdoms Adrift all have demos on Steam for those who are curious.

Still wonder why Monster Outrbreak hasn't made its way here yet. It's one of the very few non-multiplayer games from their back catalogue. Gee, I wonder why...

LOL :P ;)

The Last of Us Part 2 Top down and hopefully with a much better or at least semi interesting story.
Might be interesting.

Ohh.....early access.....meh.

Humanitz and Tavernacle are the only games that look interesting to me. Wishlisted.

For those out of the loop: "Sugar Shack" AKA "Cabane de Sucre" is, despite its name, not a reference to XXX, but a farm and/or tavern simulation.

A "sugar shack" in real life is a maple farm with an eatery and/or shopfront, selling produce made or doused in maple syrup.

The concept is romanticizing the times, when wealthy maple farmers, who had stolen their land from the natives, abused the work of poor Irish immigrants with little other option by making them harvest maple syrup for mere pennies. And since there was plenty of maple and little money to go around, the daily diet was basically sugar, coated in sugar, with a side of sugar.

Today, white people with a healthy heart and rosé tinted glasses relive this heirloom by eating all the sugar while doing none of the work.

Some food highlights being: Sausage marinated in sugar, sugar-coated bacon, with beans in sugar sauce, sugar pickled cucumber, and a side of sugar induced beetroot. Served with sugar beer, and a dessert of pure syrup. Hope you brought your sweet tooth!

It's a thing predominantly in Quebec, and so popular, that in some places, you need to reserve a year in advance if you want a good spot.

Calling that "rich folklore" is a bit of a stretch, though, as Quebec is only 400 years old. It's more of an excuse to drink (and get drunk). That's not to say that Quebec didn't have rich folklore, but that kinda went out the window when they killed a society of five peaceful nations with thousands of years of history and the size of the Roman Empire, and forced all their offspring in Christian "schools", before locking the adults up in reservations. The result was a cultural vacuum, ready to be filled with syrup.

So sorry if this last detail made you feel uncomfortable.

Now that you got a bit of perspective, let us pretend that this is a simulation game about a fantasy world of sweet little people with a French accent and a crippling sugar addiction. Enjoy!

So is it woke or not ?

and in parts of the UK this is also a brothel centred on certain fetishes or just a cheap brothel.

Airship's idea of the steampunk version of the age of sail sounds interesting. And combat sure seems to take a while, from a glance at a few videos. (Seems to also have a demo elsewhere...)

Wait, what?

Dude. You are German! Why do you even ask this?

This is a niche-niche-niche product catering to French Canadians, who love wearing plaid. You are not even anywhere near that target audience.

To give you an equivalent. Imagine this was a Spargelerntesimulator, with a Spargelfeld in the back, a Spargelstand in the front, and a small restaurant selling Spargeltee with a side of steamed Spargel and potatoes on Sauce Hollandaise, served with Spargelsalat and Spargelmarmelade by a dude in Lederhosen. And now image, that game was sold, claiming that this was based on your "rich 20th century Niederbayern folklore".

If this sounds a bit weird to you, then you now know how the game's marketing may sound to some Canadians and Native Americans in particular, that aren't part of that exact fringe, predominantly rural Quebecoise, target audience.

Quebec is a little like Bavaria. They have a blue-and-white flag, love to decorate everything in those exact colors, eat strange food, and drink a beverage they call "beer". They consider themselves special, are proud of their heritage, most people don't understand them when they talk, and some of them think they would be better off if their province was its own country.

Sounds familiar? Great!

If you are a die-hard South-Bavarian guy, a Niederbayrischer Spargelsimulator might appeal to you. Likewise, if you are a hardcore Francophone Quebecoise, the maple harvest simulator might be right up your alley. All the while, it feels just as weird as a Niederbayer telling a dude from Franken what it means to be a "true Bavarian".

And on the question of woke-ness: If Bayrisch-Spargel is too woke for you, then I suppose this game is also too much Spargel for your Spargel, mein Freund.

But then of course there is that "thing".

You know, that one thing we in Germany avoid talking about. The "German addiction". No, not awkward semi-rythmic clapping at inappropriate moments. The other thing! The German addiction to simulation games. We can't resist buying that stuff. We are known to be people who work all day, then come home, and enjoy a little relaxation by pretending to work in a profession that is not our own. Like driving a bus. Flying planes. Planing a city. Riding a tractor. Running a business. Or harvesting maple.

The more niche the better.

You know, you want this game.
You have to own this game.
I know you want to.

The only remaining question is: Are you Spargel enough?

An interesting collection of indie games. Maybe not totally my thing but I appreciate the ideas here.

Noooo! I saw that sign, but always thought they would only be selling candy!

Well… I mean, the other… The candy-candy, if you understand. That stuff with the sugar on top. And cream, and… damn it! Why is English such a porn language again?

Are you competing with Vienna, by any chance? The one city, where in any café, you may place an order to get your little brown friend elongated to a four-legged with carriage, while you schlagobers your nockerl, and get finished off with some sugarrrl (you need to *purr* that last bit, trust me). And if you think I did anything other than order an espresso and a pastry, you have a dirty mind!